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The Science Teacher's Activity-A-Day, Grades 5-10


The Science Teacher's Activity-A-Day, Grades 5-10

Over 180 Reproducible Pages of Quick, Fun Projects that Illustrate Basic Concepts
JB-Ed: 5 Minute FUNdamentals, Band 18 1. Aufl.

von: Pam Walker, Elaine Wood

15,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 03.09.2010
ISBN/EAN: 9780470872451
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 288

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<p>A hands-on and fun-filled resource for teaching science to middle and high school students</p> <p>New in the <i>5-Minute Fundamentals Series, The Science Teacher's Activity-A-Day, Grades 6-12</i>, includes 180 easy, five-minute hook or sponge activities to capture learners' attention and introduce lessons. Divided into three units, Physical Science, Life Science, and Earth and Space Science; the activities cover topics based on the National Science Education Standards.</p> <ul> <li>All the book's activities can be done with materials that are inexpensive and easy to find</li> <li>Includes quick and fun "sponge" activities that are designed to engage students</li> <li>All the activities take about 5 minutes to complete</li> </ul> <p><i>The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day</i> is an ideal resource for middle and high school science teachers.</p>
<p>About This Book iii</p> <p>About the Authors iv</p> <p>Correlations of Activities to the National Science Content Standards xii</p> <p><b>Unit I. Physical Science</b></p> <p>Section 1: Organization of Matter</p> <p>1.1 Boyle’s Gas Law: Marshmallow Under Pressure 3</p> <p>1.2 Buoyancy: Ketchup Packet Cartesian Divers 4</p> <p>1.3 Counting Molecules and Atoms: Number of Molecules of Chalk in Your Signature 5</p> <p>1.4 Identifying and Naming Isotopes: ‘‘EggCeptional’’ Isotopes 6</p> <p>1.5 Chemical and Physical Changes: Examining Paper for Change 7</p> <p>1.6 Physical Properties of Matter: Tootsie Roll Properties 8</p> <p>1.7 Density: Can’t Hold a Good Ping-Pong Ball Down 9</p> <p>1.8 Atomic Size in Picometers: Cutting Paper to Atom Size 10</p> <p>1.9 Surface Tension: Why Some Insects Can Walk on Water 11</p> <p>1.10 Birds in Flight: How Birds’ Wings Enable Them to Fly 12</p> <p>1.11 Mendeleev’s Periodic Table: It Was All in the Cards 13</p> <p>1.12 Volume of a Cylinder: The Long and Short of Volume 14</p> <p>Section 2: Interactions of Matter</p> <p>2.1 Acids and Bases: Cabbage Juice Indicators 16</p> <p>2.2 Polymers: Water-Loving Chemicals in Diapers 17</p> <p>2.3 Freezing Point: Why We Sprinkle Salt on Icy Roads 18</p> <p>2.4 Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions: Hot Packs and Cold Packs 19</p> <p>2.5 Chemical Reactions: Alka-Seltzer and Water Temperature 20</p> <p>2.6 Balancing Chemical Equations: Rearranging Atomic Dots 21</p> <p>2.7 Limiting Reactants: Putting a Halt to the Reaction 23</p> <p>2.8 Writing Ionic Formulas: Equating the Ions 24</p> <p>2.9 Single Replacement Reactions: Turning Iron into Copper 25</p> <p>2.10 Double Replacement Reactions: Trading Partners 26</p> <p>2.11 Polarity and Solubility: Breaking Bonds of Packing Peanuts 27</p> <p>2.12 Surface Area and Solubility: Sweet Solutions 29</p> <p>Section 3: Energy of Motion</p> <p>3.1 Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy: Bouncing Golf Balls 31</p> <p>3.2 Potential Energy: The Energy of Falling Objects 32</p> <p>3.3 Friction Through a Fluid: Fluids and Falling 33</p> <p>3.4 Newton’s First Law of Motion: Inertia—the Magician’s Friend 34</p> <p>3.5 Law of Conservation of Momentum: Marble Collisions 35</p> <p>3.6 Static Friction: Going Against the Grain 36</p> <p>3.7 Newton’s Second Law of Motion: Acceleration of the Coffee Mug 37</p> <p>3.8 Using the Speed Formula: Speedy Manipulations 38</p> <p>3.9 Newton’s Third Law of Motion: What Is a Reaction? 39</p> <p>3.10 Inclined Planes: Making Lifting Easier 41</p> <p>3.11 Levers: First-Class Machines 42</p> <p>3.12 The Three Classes of Levers: Lots of Levers and Lots of Class 43</p> <p>Section 4: Heat, Light, and Sound Waves</p> <p>4.1 Thermal Energy: What Does Temperature Really Measure? 46</p> <p>4.2 Measuring Temperature: Human Thermometers 47</p> <p>4.3 Refraction: A Real Light Bender 48</p> <p>4.4 Concave and Convex Mirrors: An Up-Close Look at the Spoon 49</p> <p>4.5 Magnifying Lens: Water Drop Microscopes 51</p> <p>4.6 Mechanical Waves: The Stadium Wave 52</p> <p>4.7 Transverse Waves: Anatomy of a String Wave 53</p> <p>4.8 Compressional Waves: Making Waves with a Slinky 54</p> <p>4.9 Sound and Its Mediums: Sound Matters 55</p> <p>4.10 Sound Vibrations: Rubber Band Music 56</p> <p>4.11 Sound and Water: Tuning Forks and Water 57</p> <p>4.12 Energy Conductors and Insulators: The Cook’s Choice 58</p> <p>Section 5: Magnetism and Electricity</p> <p>5.1 Charging by Friction: Balloons and Dancing Salt Grains 60</p> <p>5.2 Closed Circuits: A Battery, a Bulb, and a Paper Clip 61</p> <p>5.3 Electrochemical Cell: Nine-Volt Battery Electrolysis 62</p> <p>5.4 Resistance: Series and Parallel Circuits 63</p> <p>5.5 Making Electricity: A Shocking Activity 64</p> <p>5.6 Schematic Circuit Diagrams: Seeing the Circuit 65</p> <p>5.7 Electromagnets: The Art of Magnetizing a Nail 67</p> <p>5.8 Magnetic Field: Long-Distance Attraction 69</p> <p>5.9 Magnets: What’s in a Refrigerator Magnet? 70</p> <p>5.10 Magnetizing Metals: The Magnetic Nail 71</p> <p>5.11 Magnets and Compasses: Which Way Is North? 72</p> <p>5.12 Magnetic Forces: Force Blockers 74</p> <p><b>Unit II. Life Science</b></p> <p>Section 6: The Cell</p> <p>6.1 Characteristics of Life: Is It Alive? 77</p> <p>6.2 Energy Molecules: ATP and ADP 78</p> <p>6.3 ATP and Lactic Acid: Muscle Fatigue 79</p> <p>6.4 The Cell Cycle, Part One: Getting Started 80</p> <p>6.5 The Cell Cycle, Part Two: The Process 81</p> <p>6.6 Cell Transport: When It Comes to Cells, Small Is Good 82</p> <p>6.7 Proteins as Enzymes: Saltine Crackers and Amylase 83</p> <p>6.8 Plant Cell or Animal Cell: Shoestring Venn Diagram 84</p> <p>6.9 Enzymes: Temperature and Paperase 86</p> <p>6.10 The Mitochondria: Surface Area and the Folded Membrane 87</p> <p>6.11 Photosynthesis and Respiration: Formula Scramble 88</p> <p>Section 7: Genetics</p> <p>7.1 DNA: Candy Nucleotides 90</p> <p>7.2 Chromosomes: Learning to Speak ‘‘Chromosome’’ 92</p> <p>7.3 Genetic Diversity: Crossing Over During Meiosis 93</p> <p>7.4 Genetic Combinations: Tall and Short Pea Plants 95</p> <p>7.5 Mendel’s Law of Segregation: Cystic Fibrosis 96</p> <p>7.6 Dominant and Recessive Genes in Cat Breeding: Curly-Eared Cats 97</p> <p>7.7 Pedigrees: The Higgenbothum Hairline 98</p> <p>7.8 Sex-Linked Traits: Flipping Over Color Blindness 99</p> <p>7.9 Gene Splicing: Human Growth Hormone and Recombinant DNA 100</p> <p>7.10 Protein Synthesis: Modeling Transcription 101</p> <p>Section 8: Evolution</p> <p>8.1 Natural Selection: Life as a Peppered Moth 103</p> <p>8.2 Advantageous Traits: Which Creature Is the Fittest? 105</p> <p>8.3 Primate Adaptations: The Importance of the Opposable Thumb 106</p> <p>8.4 Steps of Natural Selection: Natural Selection Sequencing 107</p> <p>8.5 Plant Adaptations: Features for Survival in the Rain Forest 108</p> <p>8.6 Adaptive Radiation: The Beaks of Darwin’s Finches 109</p> <p>8.7 Variations and Survival: Pine Needle Variation 110</p> <p>8.8 Horse Evolution: Horse Height Over Time 111</p> <p>8.9 Fossil Dating: Stacking Up Rock Layers 112</p> <p>8.10 Antibiotic Resistance: Present-Day Evolution 115</p> <p>Section 9: Diversity of Life</p> <p>9.1 The Six Kingdoms: Kingdom Match Game 117</p> <p>9.2 Vascular Plants: Checking Out a Fern Frond 119</p> <p>9.3 Flower Parts: Dissecting the Flower 120</p> <p>9.4 Food Storage in Seeds: Dissecting a Dicot 122</p> <p>9.5 Seed Dispersal: Where Plants Come From 123</p> <p>9.6 Animal Symmetry: What Symmetry Is This? 124</p> <p>9.7 Viruses: Nuts and Bolts of a Bacteriophage 125</p> <p>9.8 Bird Digestion: Why Birds Don’t Need Teeth 126</p> <p>9.9 Examining a Fungus: Close-Up Look at a Mushroom 127</p> <p>9.10 Taxonomic Categories: Addressing Classification 129</p> <p>Section 10: Ecology</p> <p>10.1 Energy Flow Through the Food Chain: The 10 Percent Rule of Energy Flow 131</p> <p>10.2 Population Growth Rate: Growing Exponentially 132</p> <p>10.3 Food Web: Piecing Together a Food Web Puzzle 133</p> <p>10.4 Population Estimations: Mark and Recapture of Wildlife 134</p> <p>10.5 The Importance of Niches: Extinction and the Paper Clip Niche 135</p> <p>10.6 Symbiosis: Want Ads for Mutualism 136</p> <p>10.7 Human Pollution: Plastic Killers 137</p> <p>10.8 Plant Growth Requirements: When Seeds Get Too Crowded 138</p> <p>10.9 Packaging and the Environment: Convenience or Conservation? 139</p> <p>10.10 Arthropod Behavior: Response of the Pill Bugs 140</p> <p>Section 11: Body Systems</p> <p>11.1 The Role of Bile in Digestion: Emulsifying Fat 143</p> <p>11.2 Tendons: Visualizing How the Fingers Work 144</p> <p>11.3 The Heart: The Strongest Muscle of the Body 145</p> <p>11.4 Partnering of the Brain and Eyes: Putting the Fish in the Bowl 146</p> <p>11.5 Lung Capacity During Exercise: Balloons and Vital Capacity 148</p> <p>11.6 Blood Vessels: Arteries or Veins? 149</p> <p>11.7 Muscle Interactions: Pairing of the Biceps and Triceps 150</p> <p>11.8 Mechanical Digestion: The Initial Breakdown of Digestion 152</p> <p>11.9 Peristalsis During Digestion: Moving Food Through the Esophagus 153</p> <p>11.10 Why We Sweat: Staying Cool with the Sweat Glands 155</p> <p>Unit III. Earth Science</p> <p>Section 12: Structure of Earth Systems</p> <p>12.1 Core Sampling: Seeing Inside the Cupcake 158</p> <p>12.2 Metamorphic Rocks: Pressure and the Candy Bar 159</p> <p>12.3 Sedimentation: Making Sedimentary Rocks 160</p> <p>12.4 Soil Conservation: How Much of the Earth Is Usable Soil? 161</p> <p>12.5 Physical Weathering of Rocks: Sugar Cube Breakdown 162</p> <p>12.6 Mineral Hardness: Mineral Ranks 163</p> <p>12.7 Cross Section of the Earth: Egg Modeling 165</p> <p>12.8 Porosity of Soil Samples: Soil’s Holding Power 166</p> <p>12.9 Groundwater and Permeability: Just Passing Through 167</p> <p>12.10 Water in the Ocean: Sink or Float? 168</p> <p>12.11 Ocean Currents: Temperatures Start the Motion 169</p> <p>12.12 Bottle Eruption: Volcanic Activity 170</p> <p>Section 13: Earth’s History</p> <p>13.1 Inferences from Fossils: Who Was Here? 172</p> <p>13.2 Magnetic Rocks: Lodestones 173</p> <p>13.3 Radioactive Rocks: The Age of Rocks 174</p> <p>13.4 Continental Drift: Puzzling Over the Continents 175</p> <p>13.5 Strength of Earthquakes: It’s the Cracker’s Fault 176</p> <p>13.6 Fossil Molds and Casts: Making Fossils 177</p> <p>13.7 Glaciers: Ice in Motion 178</p> <p>13.8 Deformation of Rocks: Rocks Under Stress 179</p> <p>13.9 Geologic Time Scale Model: Earth’s History on a Football Field 181</p> <p>13.10 Graded Bedding: Breaking the Law 182</p> <p>13.11 Seismic Waves: Human Wave Form 183</p> <p>13.12 Mountain Building: Paper Peaks 184</p> <p>Section 14: Meteorology</p> <p>14.1 Temperature Inversions: Weather Patterns and Pollution 186</p> <p>14.2 Cloud Formation: The Cloudy Bottle 187</p> <p>14.3 Warm Air Rises: Refrigerated Balloons 188</p> <p>14.4 Water Vapor: Dew on the Beaker 189</p> <p>14.5 Rain Gauge: Let It Pour 190</p> <p>14.6 The Loss of Ozone: Oxygen Is Not Just for Breathing 191</p> <p>14.7 Temperature: Do You Want That in Celsius or Fahrenheit? 192</p> <p>14.8 Heat Transfer: Spiraling Upward 194</p> <p>14.9 Read a Climatogram: Quick Take on Climate 195</p> <p>14.10 Air Has Weight: Living Under Pressure 197</p> <p>14.11 Make It Rain: Bottle Rainstorm 198</p> <p>14.12 Winds: Air Masses in Motion 199</p> <p>Section 15: The Universe</p> <p>15.1 Telescopes: An Eye on the Universe 201</p> <p>15.2 Light-Years: Universal Time 202</p> <p>15.3 Star Constellations: How Many Do You Know? 203</p> <p>15.4 Viewing Constellations: Moving Patterns in the Sky 204</p> <p>15.5 The Gyroscopic Effect: Spacecraft Navigation 206</p> <p>15.6 Space Shuttle Orbits: Holding Onto Your Marbles 207</p> <p>15.7 Gravity and Space Instruments: Writing in Space 209</p> <p>15.8 Visible Light: A Blend of Colors 210</p> <p>15.9 Infrared Light: Feel the Heat 211</p> <p>15.10 Star Magnitude: The Brightness of Stars 212</p> <p>15.11 Inertia in Space: Objects Keep Moving 213</p> <p>15.12 The Parallax Effect: A Different Perspective 214</p> <p>Section 16: The Solar System</p> <p>16.1 Planetary Revolutions: Birthdays on Mercury and Jupiter 216</p> <p>16.2 Jupiter’s Atmosphere: A Stormy Planet 217</p> <p>16.3 Orbiting the Sun: Earth’s Trip Around the Sun 218</p> <p>16.4 Planet Formations: How the Planets Were Made 220</p> <p>16.5 Surviving on the Moon: Lunar Trek 221</p> <p>16.6 Solar Eclipse: Blocking the Sun 222</p> <p>16.7 Astrolabe: Medieval Measurements 223</p> <p>16.8 Precession of Earth: Spinning on the Axis 225</p> <p>16.9 Lunar Surface Regolith: After the Meteorites Hit the Moon 227</p> <p>16.10 Weight and Gravity: Weighing In on the Earth, Moon, and Sun 228</p> <p>16.11 Auroras: Party Lights in the Sky 229</p> <p>16.12 Moon Face: The Moon’s Revolution and Rotation 231</p> <p>Teacher’s Notes 232</p> <p>Answer Key 239</p>
"Each activity begins with a concise explanation of the concept upon which it focuses and includes a materials list, the procedure, follow-up questions, and extensions. These high-interest investigations use materials that are inexpensive, easily accessible, and familiar to students" (<i>National Science Teacher's Association.org</i>, October 2010)
<p><b>PAM WALKER</b> and <b>ELAINE WOOD</b> each have more han twenty years of science teaching experience. They are the authors of dozens of books for middle and high school science teachers and students, including <i>Crime Scene Investigations</i> and <i>Hands-On General Science Activities with Real-Life Applications</i>, both from Jossey-Bass.
<p><b>The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day <br> Grades 5-10</b> <p>The newest volume in the 5-Minute FUNdamentals Series, <i>The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day</i> is a fun-filled resource for teaching hands-on science to middle and high school students. With over 180 five-minute hook or sponge activities, teachers will find it easy to capture students' imaginations and introduce compelling science lessons. <p>Inside this book, you will discover: <ul> <li>Over 180 easy, five-minute sponge activities geared to various levels</b></li> <li>Activities incorporating all major science topics—life science, physical science, and earth and space science</b></li> <li>Projects that can all be accomplished with inexpensive and easy-to-find materials, such as string, clay, scissors, chalk, and plastic bottles</b></li> <li>Activities that are clearly correlated to national science education standards</b></li> </ul> <p>These quick warm-up lessons can help students link familiar concepts to a new topic, or reveal gaps in knowledge, making it easy to set learning goals. With these engaging, exciting lessons, <i>The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day</i> can help every science teacher get his or her class off to a dynamic start. <p><b> Praise for</b> <b><i>The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day</i></b> <p>"Research shows that students are more attentive at the start of a lesson. <i>The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day</i> provides short and engaging activities to get your lesson off to a dynamic start."</br> <b>—RYAN ADAMS, Ed.S.</b>, Douglas County Teacher of the Year, Douglas County School System <p>"As a differentiation facilitator, I know how difficult it is for teachers to engage students of various learning styles and intelligences. I recommend this book to science teachers in middle through high school to kick-start science lessons."</br> <b>—LYNN FREEMAN</b>, School Improvement Specialist, Metropolitan Regional Educational Service Agency, Atlanta

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